YouTube - Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009. Google Wave: What Might Email Look Like If It Were Invented Toda. Yesterday’s Google I/O keynote highlighted the power of HTML 5 to match functionality long experienced in desktop applications.
This morning, Google plans to announce an HTML 5-based application – still very much in the early stages of development – that represents a profound advance in the state of the art. Lars and Jens Rasmussen, the original creators of Google Maps, will take the stage to unveil their latest project, Google Wave. As Lars describes it, “We set out to answer the question: What would email look like if we set out to invent it today?”
New Geo For Devs From Google I/O - O'Reilly Radar. Today at Google I/O, Google has made several announcements for geo developers.
To sum: Google is updating (not abandoning!)